Sample Hospital
123 Main Street
Any City, FL 55555
HealthGrades' quality ratings are derived from data provided by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services based upon
hospitalized Medicare patients for years 2003 through 2005; and inpatient data for maternity care, women's health, and
appendectomy is provided by 17 states (AZ, CA, FL, IA, MA, MD, ME, NC, NJ, NV, NY, PA, TX, UT, VA, WA, and WI) for
years 2002 through 2004. Using HealthGrades' proprietary methodology, each of the following elements received a
numerical score and rating:
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Overall service line rating
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Individual procedures/diagnoses ratings
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Women's health ratings
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Patient safety ratings
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Safe practices from The Leapfrog Group
In addition, this report provides case volumes for procedures/diagnoses within each service line, excess deaths and
complications calculations, and length of stay statistics.
